Entertainment Update for Nov. 3, 2012

A free sneak preview film screening of “Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot,” is offered by the U.S. Forest Service at Springhouse Cellar in Hood River on Thursday, Nov. 8. Doors open at 6 p.m., film runs 6:30-7:25 p.m.

Following the screening, USFS employees and community members will have an opportunity to discuss the first American forester’s impact on the local recreation and conservation areas of the Gorge.

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ opens

“Always be closing.” This is the basic building block for a definition of masculinity in the upcoming play “Glengarry Glen Ross” opening Friday at CAST Theatre.

Judie Hanel directs CAST’s first staged reading for the 2012-13 season. In a staged reading, the actors work from scripts, but the actors also move and make entrances and exits. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Brooklyn real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts — from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary — to sell undesirable Florida real estate to unwitting prospective buyers. Cast members are Gregory Baisden, Tom Burns, Jason Carpenter, Greg Colt, Joe Garoutte, Greg Gilbertson, Bruce Ludwig and Kirby Neumann-Rea. Performance dates are Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave. in Hood River. Ticket prices are $5. Note that the play contains extensive mature language, and may not be suitable for children under 16.

Crown Point at Everybody’s

Acoustic duo Crown Point from Portland plays Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon on Friday, Nov. 2, starting at 9:30 p.m. The band is on a nationwide tour, so check them out while you can. Next week: The Liberty Bond Jug Band. Everybody’s Brewing, 151 E. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon, Wash; 509-637-2774.